Buy Me a Boat is the debut studio album by American country music singer Chris Janson. The album was released on October 30, 2015. It features the singles "Buy Me a Boat", "Power of Positive Drinkin'" and "Holdin' Her".
Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that "if [the title track's] accompanying album isn't quite up to its standards, it's nevertheless the work of an accomplished writer who knows how to sculpt a song for a wide audience. If Buy Me a Boat can be faulted, it's because its diversity often plays like a demo tape, with Janson crafting songs for any possible contemporary country audience."
Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, and No. 18 on the Billboard 200, selling 18,536 copies in its first week. The album has sold 117,100 copies in the US as of March 2017.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from Buy Me a Boat liner notes.
Musicians Brent Anderson - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 4), background vocals (all tracks except 3), synthesizer (2), bouzouki (11) David Dorn - Hammond B-3 organ (2, 7, 11), keyboards (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10), synthesizer (7), piano (8), Wurlitzer electric piano (11) Shannon Forrest - drums (4, 5, 9), programming (9) Byron Gallimore - acoustic guitar (9) Chris Janson - lead vocals (all tracks), acoustic guitar (4), harmonica (8) Troy Lancaster - electric guitar (3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10) Tony Lucido - bass guitar (all tracks) Fred Newell - steel guitar (3, 6, 8, 10) Justin Ostrander - electric guitar (1, 2, 7, 11) Russ Pahl - Jew's harp (7), steel guitar (8) Ben Phillips - drums (except 4, 5, 9), programming (2, 7) Jeff Roach - synthesizer (1, 2) Justin Schipper - steel guitar (4, 5, 9) Will Weatherly - programming (1, 2, 7) Derek Wells - electric guitar (3, 6, 8, 10)
Technical Tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 11 Brent Anderson - producer Jeff Balding - recording Matt Coles - assistant Chris DuBois - producer Chris Janson - producer Scott Johnson - production assistant Ben Phillips - recording, digital editing, mixing Will Weatherly - digital editing
Tracks 3–6, 9, 10 Stephen Allbritten - assistant (3, 4, 6, and 10 only) Jake Burns - assistant (4, 5, and 9 only) Byron Gallimore - producer, mixing Julian King - recording Erik Lutkins - additional recording (3, 4, 6, and 10 only) Ernesto Olivera - assistant (3, 6, and 10 only)
All tracks Adam Ayan - mastering Eric Brown - photography Katherine Petillo - art direction, design Shane Tarleton - creative director
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2015) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2016) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 35
Certifications
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